abc's

today as i was having a 'coffee break' downtown in new west, strange reality reared it's massive face and challenged me to a duel. I was sitting in a cafe wondering why the waitress brought me toast with jam but no peanut butter. This would not do, i thought, and got up to go find some peanut butter. Right as i turned around i noticed two men at the table behind me, one man was slumped over and the other guy was trying to decide what to do. apparently the poor sap sitting at the table was having some sort of medical meltdown. We lowered him to the floor and i proceeded to do some preliminary first aid until help came. Anyways, this guy told me he had no idea what was happening or why. He didn't have a condition that he was aware of, and no missed medication. So this was a complete surprise to him. One minute he's sipping o.j., chewing on toast and eating bacon, the next laying on the floor not knowing if he'd be alive in 5 minutes....
it's kinda funny the way mortality lets me know it's around, lurking. It keeps me focused i suppose. Focused on the things that are important to me. The funny thing is, i've dodged quite a few 'bullets' in my days, like i said before, more than once i've wondered if i'd be alive to wonder about what had just happened. But i'm here, so....anyways, learn your abc's, get some first aid training. That is unless you are the type that can step over a person who needs help. The most helpless feeling i think, is not the person laying on the ground, but the person standing beside them, not knowing what to do. don't let yourself get in either position.